These folds are called the genital pleurae because they contain the bulk of the gonads. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Many writers have described this disease as associated with influenza, but it is frequently seen as a separate disease, usually involving only the lungs and pleurae. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Since there are many species which do not possess these genital pleurae, the question arises as to whether their presence or their absence is the more primitive condition. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Correlated with the presence of the genital pleurae there is a pair of vascular folds of the basement membrane proceeding from the dorsal wall of the gut in the post-branchial portion of the branchio-genital region, and from the dorsal angles made by the pleural folds with the body-wall in the pharyngeal region; they pass, in their most fully developed condition, to the free border of the genital pleurae. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Foreign bodies ulcerating through may reach the lung without pleural leakage because of the sealing together of the visceral and parietal pleurae. From Wordnik.com. [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference
Mesothelioma is a cancer of the mesothelial tissue which the New Oxford American Dictionary says is the epithelium that lines the pleurae, peritoneum, and pericardium, and can effect the lungs, chest, and abdomen. From Wordnik.com. [Progressive U - The new media voice for students] Reference
At length, one morning the doctor said she could not last through the day; I had sent for him hurriedly, for the body had suddenly swollen up as a result of the perforation of one of the pleurae, and the consequent escape of air into the cavity of the chest. From Wordnik.com. [An Autobiography]
Parietal pleura Visceral pleura Pleural cavity Potential space between the visceral and parietal pleurae pleurae help divide the thoracic cavity Central mediastinum Two lateral pleural compartments Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The aorta, C, Plates 1 and 2, is behind the upper half of the sternum, from which it is separated by the pericardium, D, Plate 1, the thin edge of the lung, and the mediastinal pleurae, U E, Plate 1, &c. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
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